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Male Circumcision (Adult)

Service/Procedure Summary

Adult patients are 16 years old or older. This procedure removes the foreskin of the penis.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
340 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
213 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
176 days
174 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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597 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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168 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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222 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
101 days
54 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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149 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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Inverness
Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital
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Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
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North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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29 days
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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78 days
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
October 1 - December 31 2018
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
February 2019

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Ross Mason
Halifax
131 days
72 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
108 days
123 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
78 days
209 days
David G Bell
Halifax
197 days
174 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
345 days
54 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
215 days
440 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
540 days
128 days
Bruce Palmer
Kentville
423 days
503 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Dave Padmore
Truro
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Greg G Bailly
Halifax
149 days
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Hammad Asim
Sydney
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123 days
Jerzy B Gajewski
Halifax
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John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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448 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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M Dale Miller
Sydney
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59 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Peter A Anderson
Halifax
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200 days
Samuel S Chun
Dartmouth
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363 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
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154 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Ross Mason
Halifax
40 days
51 days
Jacob Puthenparumpil
Truro
44 days
60 days
Kenneth Rent
Sydney
78 days
40 days
Peter Massaro
Truro
55 days
100 days
David G Bell
Halifax
103 days
104 days
Bruce Palmer
Kentville
137 days
98 days
Wallace T'ien
Dartmouth
118 days
149 days
John E Grantmyre
Halifax
238 days
33 days
Ashley Cox
Halifax
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Dave Padmore
Truro
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Greg G Bailly
Halifax
115 days
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Hammad Asim
Sydney
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16 days
Jerzy B Gajewski
Halifax
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John Paul McCarthy
Kentville
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208 days
Joseph G Lawen
Halifax
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Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
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M Dale Miller
Sydney
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25 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
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Neelakantan G. Pillai
Inverness
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Peter A Anderson
Halifax
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122 days
Samuel S Chun
Dartmouth
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148 days
Trevor Butler
Kentville
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85 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
January 1 2018 - December 31 2018
Next Update: 
February 2019
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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